Do parents have a constitutional right to homeschool their children? Not according to a California District Court judge, who recently ruled that a child must be schooled “by a person holding a... Read more >>

Should I send my child to public or private school? It’s a question many parents grapple with. I know, as my kids neared the end of preschool, my husband and I sure did ... Should we keep... Read more >>

Make a list of what you want your child’s education to accomplish for him or her and your family. Here is my example list for my oldest daughter: Educationally rigorous in order to... Read more >>

These days, I often hear parents lamenting the cost of the private schools they desperately want their children to attend. Many have scrimped and saved for years but, with the state of the economy,... Read more >>

To pay or not to pay, that is the question. Choosing to send your child to a private school will obviously cost lots of money, while sending them to public schools will not cost you a cent.... Read more >>

Gaining admission to a top private academy or selective public school can seem harder than getting into Harvard. Should you have to take a leave of absence from your job to get your kid into... Read more >>

In the middle of my seventh grade year, due to financial reasons, my family and I moved back to Middleburg, and my mother decided she wanted me to attend my old private school. I was nervous and... Read more >>

The world of private school is a very unusual world. I’m not talking about Gossip Girl–style antics with rich kids running around in limos with no parental supervision, getting drunk and... Read more >>

I had to leave. I just couldn’t stay for one more minute. Here were my friends, or at least people I know and like, up on stage performing a Christian rock concert for Thanksgiving, and I... Read more >>

I met my friend Polly yesterday at the pool. Polly is a teacher at one of the more pretentious preschools here, and she’s getting pretty exhausted by the parents. “I have to make believe... Read more >>